问题 不定项选择
不定项选择
著名物理学家、诺贝尔奖获得者费恩曼(R.P.Feynman,1918-1988)曾讲过这样一则笑话:一位女士由于驾车超速而被警察拦住,警察走过来对她说:“太太,您刚才的车速是60英里每小时!”(1英里=1.609千米)。这位女士 反驳说:“不可能的!我才开了7分钟,还不到一个小时,怎么可能走了60英里呢?”“太太,我的意思是:如果您继续像刚才那样开车,在下一个小时里,您将驶过60英里。” “这也是不可能的,我只要再行驶10英里就到家了,根本不需要再开过60英里的路程。”下面是四位同学对警察与女士对话内容的看法,其中正确的是(   )

A.警察所说的车速指的是瞬时速度的大小

B.警察所说的车速指的是平均速度的大小

C.女士可能不清楚瞬时速度的概念,可能把“60英里每小时”误解为“必须实际行驶60英里,同时,时

      间恰好用了1小时”

D.女士可能不清楚瞬时速度的概念,可能把“60英里每小时” 曲解为割裂开的“60英里路程”和“1小

      时时间”

答案

ACD

单项选择题

It’s seven weeks into the new year. Do you know where your resolution is If you’re like millions of Americans, you probably vowed to lose weight, quit smoking and drink less in the new year. You kicked off January with a commitment to long-term well-being--until you came face-to-face with a cheeseburger. You spent a bundle on a shiny new gym pass. Turns out, it wasn’t reason enough for you to actually use the gym.

People can make poor decisions when it comes to health--despite their best intentions. It’s not easy abiding by wholesome choices (giving up French fries) when the consequences of not doing so (heart disease) seem so far in the future. Most people are bad at judging their health risks: smokers generally know cigarettes cause cancer, but they also tend to believe they’re less likely than other smokers to get it. And as any snack-loving dieter can attest, people can be comically inept at predicting their future .behavior. You swear you will eat just one potato chip but don’t stop until the bag is empty.

So, what does it take to motivate people to stick to the path set by their conscious brain How can good choices be made to seem more appealing than bad ones The problem stumps doctors, public-health officials and weight-loss experts, but one solution may spring from an unlikely source. Meet your new personal trainer: your boss.

American businesses have a particular interest in personal health, since worker illness costs them billions each year in insurance claims, sick days and high staff turnover. A 2008 survey of major US employers found that 64% consider their employees’ poor health decisions a serious barrier to affordable insurance coverage. Now some companies are tackling the motivation problem head on, using tactics drawn from behavioral psychology to nudge their employees to get healthy.

"It’s a bit paradoxical that employers need to provide incentives for people to improve their own health," says Michael Follick, a behavioral psychologist at Brown University and president of the consultancy Abacus Employer Health Solutions.

Paradoxical, maybe, but effective. Consider Amica Mutual Insurance, based in Rhode Island. Arnica seemed to be doing everything right: it boasts an on-site fitness center at its headquarters. It pays toward Weight Watchers and smoking-cessation help, gives gift cards to reward proper prenatal care and offers free flu shots each year. Still, in the mid-2000s, about 7% of the company’s insured population, including roughly 3 100 employees and their dependents, had diabetes. "We manage risk. That’s our core business," says Scott Boyd, Amica’s director of compensation and benefits. But diabetes-related claims from Arnica employees had doubled in four years. "We thought, OK," Boyd says now, "we have to manage these high-risk groups a little better.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the text()

A. If you want to keep healthy, you have to meet your personal trainer

B. The diabetes-related claims from Arnica employees have been increased

C. The American business doesn’t do anything concerned with personal health

D. Abiding by healthy choices is facile

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